Frédéric Lissalde (born July 17, 1967) is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of
BorgWarner Inc.
BorgWarner Inc. is an American automotive supplier headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The company maintains production facilities and technical systems at 93 sites (as of June 6, 2022) in 22 countries worldwide and has around 49,000 employe ...
Lissalde was appointed to this role on Aug. 1, 2018, taking over for retiring president and CEO,
James Verrier.
Before being named to his current position, Lissalde served as executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Since joining BorgWarner in 2000, Lissalde has held several positions including president and general manager of BorgWarner Turbo Systems, the company’s largest business; vice president and general manager of BorgWarner Transmission Systems; and vice president of global sales and marketing of BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems. Lissalde also served as the general manager of several BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems operations in Europe.
In addition to his responsibilities as president and CEO of BorgWarner, Lissalde is a member of the
Business Roundtable
The Business Roundtable (BRT) is a nonprofit lobbyist association based in Washington, D.C. whose members are chief executive officers of major United States companies. Unlike the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, whose members are entire businesses, BRT ...
.
In 2019, Lissalde joined the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, a CEO driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Prior to joining BorgWarner, Lissalde held positions at
Valeo
Valeo is a French global automotive supplier headquartered in France, listed on the Paris Stock Exchange ( CAC-40 Index). It supplies a wide range of products to automakers and the aftermarket. The Group employs 113,600 people in 33 countries wo ...
and
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, also known as ZF Group, originally ''Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen'', and commonly abbreviated to ZF (ZF = "Zahnradfabrik" = "Cogwheel Factory"), is a German car parts maker headquartered in Friedrichshafen, in the south- ...
in program management, engineering, operations and sales roles throughout the U.K., Japan and France.
Lissalde attended
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), where he earned a Master of Engineering degree. He has a Master’s of Business Administration from
HEC Paris
HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...
(ISA) and is also a graduate of executive courses at
INSEAD
INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe ( Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San ...
,
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
.
Lissalde was born in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
and grew up in Tours, France. Lissalde is married with three children.
References
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1967 births
Living people
BorgWarner
Arts et Métiers ParisTech alumni
Businesspeople from Paris
Businesspeople from Tours, France
French chief executives